Sport Aston Martin aims for factory IMSA effort in 2019

19:46 09 may 2018

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maybe imsa could cut them a deal with the insane manufacture fees that aston martin can not afford that keep them out of IMSA . No Aston Martin Racing effort , whatsoever (old GTE or even GTD) is expected for Daytona or You will see this new car in Sebring in march 2019 in WEC’s 12h race there.

IMSA . Aston Martin to contest Nurburgring 24 with factory Vantage GT3 effort … “ Aston Martin has an exceptional 100 per cent finishing record in the race and our aim with the GT3 is not only to maintain this, but to give our all to challenging for the race win.

Aston Martin is aiming to return to front-line sportscar racing in North America with its new second-generation Vantage GTE.

The British manufacturer wants its new GTE contender, which made its race debut in last weekend's FIA World Endurance Championship opener at Spa, to compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class.

Aston is targeting a full-season factory presence in North America at an undisclosed point in the future for the first time since its American Le Mans Series campaign with the DBR1 GT1 in 2006.

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Aston Martin took the wraps off the all-new 2019 Vantage this morning, and I’m really liking what I’m seeing. The automaker even had the stones to show it off in neon yellow, in addition to Aston ’s typical stately gray-silver.

Aston Martin Racing has confirmed Maxime Martin as its newest factory driver that will join the British manufacturer for The chance of seeing it back in IMSA in 2019 I’d say is pretty high after they get a handle on the new car. TVR reaffirms plans to run factory GTE-Pro effort in 24 Hours of Le Mans

Aston Martin Racing president David King told Motorsport.com: "We recognise a gap in the fairly large footprint of our worldwide GT racing activities and we are working out how we can fill it.

"At this stage racing in IMSA is an ambition and not a plan; we don't have a plan on how to fund it and we are not in a rush."

King explained that the ideal scenario would be for the Prodrive-run AMR factory squad to undertake a second campaign alongside its GTE Pro attack in the WEC.

"In the ideal world it would be a full-works programme like in 2005-06 in the ALMS - that's the dream," he said. "The alternative would be to work with a partner team at a very high level."

King said that "all options are possible" and didn't rule out working with team in the GT Daytona class with the new Vantage GT3 announced last week as a stepping stone to GTLM.

He explained that AMR was also evaluating how to service its customers in North America and said that a relationship with a racing team could encompass that.

"In order to engage with our racing customers we need an on-the-ground sales and service presence and we could do that with a top-level race," King said.

AMR last raced in the IMSA series when it made a one-off at the 2017 Daytona 24 Hours with solo V12 Vantage GT3. It competed in GTLM with the first-generation Vantage GTE at Daytona in 2014 and '15.

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maybe imsa could cut them a deal with the insane manufacture fees that aston martin can not afford that keep them out of IMSA . No Aston Martin Racing effort , whatsoever (old GTE or even GTD) is expected for Daytona or You will see this new car in Sebring in march 2019 in WEC’s 12h race there.

IMSA . Aston Martin to contest Nurburgring 24 with factory Vantage GT3 effort … “ Aston Martin has an exceptional 100 per cent finishing record in the race and our aim with the GT3 is not only to maintain this, but to give our all to challenging for the race win.

Aston Martin took the wraps off the all-new 2019 Vantage this morning, and I’m really liking what I’m seeing. The automaker even had the stones to show it off in neon yellow, in addition to Aston ’s typical stately gray-silver.

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Aston Martin Racing has confirmed Maxime Martin as its newest factory driver that will join the British manufacturer for The chance of seeing it back in IMSA in 2019 I’d say is pretty high after they get a handle on the new car. TVR reaffirms plans to run factory GTE-Pro effort in 24 Hours of Le Mans

A new GT3 version of the Aston Martin Vantage GTE car (as pictured) is set to race at Bathurst in 2019 . Aston Martin has revealed plans for a two-car factory supported effort at next year’s Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.

Aston Martin North America has reached an agreement with IMSA to become an official Automotive Partner, which has seen TRG-AMR confirm a factory -backed GT Daytona class effort to kick off the 2016 Scott Atherton expecting "material change" to GT Daytona in 2019 in wake of cost

Paul Dalla Lana confirms Aston Martin GTD effort for Rolex 24… I hate to say it but imsa doesn’t really care about teams without factory involvement in there premier series. I would guess lmp2 would move to ctsc.

Founded in 1913, Aston Martin is an iconic sports car marque of unrivalled heritage that has now entered its second century. The IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge features sports cars that are closely identifiable with those seen on the street, such as coupes, hatchbacks and sedans.

The team are planning for a full season effort with Aston Martin in the Weathertech backed Championship and, to that end, Aston Martin are now confirmed as IMSA Partners allowing the cars to score Manufacturers Championship points.

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